Chapter Seventy-Eight: Lost Guangning

Governor Wang Huazhen was still in the dark. On the morning of the 22nd, he had just gotten up and was reading a military book, and he had no idea what was happening outside. Suddenly, General Jiang Chaodong broke into his bedroom without permission. Wang Huazhen was furious and scolded sharply. Jiang Chaodong didn't care about etiquette, hurriedly stepped forward to grab Wang Huazhen, and shouted: "The situation is very dangerous, go quickly!" Come on! Wang Huazhen was suddenly frightened and at a loss. Jiang Chaodong picked him up and walked out, and went straight to the stable to lead the horse, but the horse had been stolen by the rebels, fortunately, there were seven horses sent by the loyal generals, Jiang Chaodong helped him onto the horse, and the two family members followed on foot, as well as four suitcases of luggage, carried by two-peaked camels, and hurried towards the city gate.

The city gate was already occupied by the rebels, who stepped forward to stop Wang Huazhen from escaping, shouting, "You can't go!" As he spoke, he took a camel with his hands. Wang Huazhen said: "These are all correspondence books, and there is nothing else. The rebels opened the box and found no treasure, so they beat Wang Huazhen and his servants. When the fight was raging, Jiang Chaodong led dozens of people to arrive, slashed indiscriminately, dispersed the rebellious soldiers, protected Wang Huazhen from the city, and abandoned Guangning and staggered west. Liaodong Inspector Fang Zhenru was still in the city, and he hadn't gotten up yet, and when he heard that Wang Huazhen had fled, he also fled west in a panic.

Wang Huazhen and his entourage, fled through the Daling River, and met Xiong Tingbi, it turned out that Xiong Tingbi heard the emergency report of the fiasco in Xiping and Shaling, and hurriedly led 5,000 soldiers and horses, leaving Youtun to join the reinforcements, stationed in Luyangyi. The prison army Xu Shenyan once tried to persuade Guangning to rescue and plan to capture the rebel generals. Han Chu ordered to oppose this proposal and tried his best to prevent Guangning. Xiong Tingbi actually led the crowd to return and traveled to the Daling River, only to meet Wang Huazhen. When he saw Xiong Tingbi, he couldn't help crying. Ting Bi sneered: "The 60,000 army leveled Liaoyang in one fell swoop, how is it now?" Huazhen was ashamed and couldn't answer, so he paused for a while and proposed how to guard Ning Yuan and Qiantun. Ting Bi said angrily: "Hmph! It's late. If you are not deceived into going to war, and do not withdraw the Guangning soldiers to Zhenwu, there will be no defeat today! At this time, when the army is defeated, who is willing to hold on for you? The only way is to protect millions of lives from being captured by the enemy, and that's enough. ”

He handed over the 5,000 people he led to Wang Huazhen to command, and was in charge of the palace, and he and Han Chuming led the people into the pass. In the process of retreating, Xiong Tingbi ordered the fortified walls to clear the wilderness and burn all the stored materials and facilities of the Ming army and the local government.

The soldiers and civilians went to Shanhaiguan one after another, and the guards were afraid that there would be a Houjin spy to get in, and those who did not accept it for three days. On the 26th, Xiong Tingbi arrived at the customs and explained the situation before putting them into the customs. Then, Wang Huazhen, Gao Zhu, Hu Jiadong and others also entered the customs one after another. Only Gao Bangzuo, who participated in the politics of Bingbeidao, went to Songshan alone and sighed: "If you can't save Guangning, how can you enter the customs!" He was determined to serve his country with his body and hanged himself.

After Wang Huazhen fled, Sun Degong and his accomplices Qianzong Lang Shaozhen, Lu Guozhi, and the garrison Huang Jin guarded the city gate and took control of Guangning City. On the 23rd, Sun Degong sent seven people to Xiping, where Nurhachi was stationed, to welcome the Houjin soldiers into the city. Nurhachi rewarded the visitor with two pieces of silver and a letter card.

On the 24th, Nurhachi led his army to Quang Ninh. Sun Degong and Huang Jin and others led the people out of the east of the city to look at the city post, they waved the flag, held the umbrella cover, carried the dragon pavilion, prepared a sedan chair, played drums, and welcomed the Houjin soldiers into the city. Nurhachi ordered the Eight Banners Zhubeile and Li Yongfang to go to Guangning together, set up camp in the teaching field, and made people search the city, so that he could ride into the city with confidence, and dismount from the Yamen of the Ming Governor, and use this place as his temporary palace. Later, the Jin soldiers captured Guangning without a fight, only two days after Wang Huazhen's escape.

After the Later Jin occupied Quang Ninh, the forts around Quang Ninh surrendered without a fight. There are: Pingyang Bridge Fort Min Wenlong, Xixing Fort Reserve Yu Zhu Shixun, Jinzhou Zhongjun Chen Shangzhi, Tiechang Fort Yu Hongchuan, Dalinghe Guerrilla He Shiyan, Jin'an Fort Deng Deng, Youtun Guard Yu Huang Zonglu, Tuanshan Fort Cui Quanzhong, Zhenning Fort Li Shi, Zhenyuan Fort Xu Zhenjing, Zhen'an Fort Zheng Weihan, Zhenjing Fort General Zhou Yuanxun, Daqing Fort Guerrilla Yan Yin, Dakang Fort Wang Guotai, Zhenwu Fort Dusi Jin Li, Liu Shizhang, Li Weilong, Wang Yougong.

There are also Zhuangzhen Fort, Luyang Station, Thirteen Mountain Station, Xiaolinghe, Songshan, Xingshan, Zomaling, Qijiabao, Zheng'an, Jinchang, Zhong'an, Zhenyi, Dajing, Daning, Daping, Da'an, Daxing, Panshan, Damao, Dasheng, Dazhen, Dafu, Dading, etc., a total of more than 40 Baozhen and its generals belong to the people, all into the grasp of Houjin.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols were defended first, and the Jurchens were defended later, and the Great Wall, side walls, and forts were overhauled along the border, and the troops defended them. "Liaozuo to Shanhaiguan until (original), iron (ridge), every thirty miles to build a city, the momentum is like a bead, the old system of border defense in the Ming season is also." The chimney pier of the fort and the alarm built by the Ming Dynasty is as dense as a spider web, "the chess is scattered with stars, thousands of miles of each other, and there are also everywhere along the top of the mountain." "Tomorrow's border defense is thorough and prepared, I don't know how much money it will cost!" The DPRK also lamented: "China's material resources are beyond the measurable nature of the bucket." However, after the start of the war with the Houjin, the defense system composed of thousands of forts and chimneys was quickly overwhelmed, and each fort became an easy target for the Houjin.

When the news reached Jingshi, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked. Although Zhu Youxiao knew the final result of the war between Ming and Houjin, he never imagined that he would lose so badly. I regret that I didn't make a decision to listen to Xiong Tingbi earlier. After Wang Huazhen lost Guangning, he immediately went to the sparse play: "My duty is to treat the sin, and the crime should be ten thousand deaths." Xiong Tingbi played from Shanhaiguan on February 2, indicating that he "has failed the grace of God and is already in the process of unforgiveness." On the day when the minister returned to the customs, he planned to go to Que immediately to wait for the killing. He is in the process of rehousing refugees entering the country, and when the resettlement is complete, he will "rush to Gao Street, willing to understand the law with his own body." ”

Zhu Youxiao replied: "The closure is lost, Xiong Tingbi can't shirk the responsibility, let alone allow him to wear the crime and guard the pass, and make meritorious service and redeem himself." ”

Soon after, Luo Yangxing's secret report arrived, and after Wang Huazhen had fled, he hid for a while near Quang Ninh before returning to Shanhaiguan. According to him, when Wang Huazhen fled, Guangning City was fully defended, and there were nearly 16,000 soldiers, if Xiong Tingbi could enter Guangning in time, it was actually very likely that Guangning would not be lost.

Although Xiong Tingbi is called Jinglue, the Guangning army is basically in the hands of Wang Huazhen, Xiong Tingbi only has 5,000 soldiers, he does not dare to go to Guangning, he should be afraid that he will not be able to control the generals of Guangning, and overestimate the military strength of Jiannu.

In addition, Jin Yiwei had long been suspicious of Sun Degong, and reported his suspicions to Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, and the reply of the two was that there was no need to doubt it, Sun Degong was Wang Huazhen's confidant, and Luo Yangxing could understand, and Xiong Tingbi, who was not familiar with Sun Degong, felt that Sun Degong did not need to be suspicious, so Luo Yangxing felt that Xiong Tingbi should have Houjin spy by his side.